IP Library Granted Patent US 12,506,149
Granted Patent B2
US 12,506,149 · App. 16/333,851 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Secondary battery

Inventors: Hironori Sasaki (Hitachinaka, JP); Toshiyuki Ariga (Hitachinaka, JP); Takeshi Miki (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Vehicle Energy Japan Inc.
H01M4/587H01M4/36H01M4/62H01M4/625H01M10/052
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Patent No.
US 12,506,149
App. No.
16/333,851
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A conventional secondary battery has a problem that an internal resistance is very high in a low SOC region and necessary output cannot be taken out. In a secondary battery including a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a capacity difference from a terminal potential of a positive electrode discharge curve to a terminal voltage of a battery discharge curve of the secondary battery with respect to a discharge capacity of the secondary battery is 14% to 26%.

Claims (27)

1 . A secondary battery comprising:

a positive electrode; and

a negative electrode, wherein

the positive electrode has an internal resistance which yields a discharge current of 0.02 cA, when the positive electrode is discharged from 4.3 V to 2.9 V,

the negative electrode has an internal resistance which yields a discharge current of 0.02 cA, when the negative electrode is discharged from 0.01 V to 1.5 V,

the negative electrode includes graphite via which a conductive additive is supported as an active material,

a supporting amount of the conductive additive is 2 wt % or less with respect to graphite,

the positive electrode has: i) a positive electrode active material mixture on both sides of a positive electrode foil which is a positive electrode current collector, and ii) a positive electrode foil exposed portion to which the electrode active material mixture is not applied, the positive electrode foil exposed portion being provided at an end portion on one side of the positive electrode foil in a width direction thereof, and

the positive electrode active material mixture includes LiMn2O4, LiCoO2, LiNiO2, and LiFePO4, wherein

the positive electrode and the negative electrode are wound together with a separator to form a winding group that is accommodated in a battery can,

the winding group includes the negative electrode and the positive electrode wound into in a flat shape with two separators interposed therebetween, and

an outermost electrode is the negative electrode, and the two separators are further wound on an outside thereof.

2 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a capacity difference from a terminal potential of a positive electrode discharge curve to a terminal voltage of a battery discharge curve of the secondary battery with respect to a discharge capacity of the secondary battery is 14% to 26%.

3 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the capacity difference from the terminal potential of the positive electrode discharge curve to the terminal voltage of the battery discharge curve of the secondary battery with respect to the discharge capacity of the secondary battery is 14% to 17%.

4 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the capacity difference from the terminal potential of the positive electrode discharge curve to the terminal voltage of the battery discharge curve of the secondary battery with respect to the discharge capacity of the secondary battery is 17% to 26%.

5 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the conductive additive includes at least one of carbon black, acetylene black, and ketjen black.

6 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein the negative electrode is a mixture of graphite and amorphous carbon.

7 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the terminal voltage of the battery discharge curve and the terminal potential of the positive electrode discharge curve, a voltage change rate of the battery discharge curve and a potential change rate of the discharge curve with respect to a change rate of a state of charge (SOC) of the secondary battery are 0.13 or more.

8 . A secondary battery according to independent claim 1 , wherein

a capacity difference from a terminal potential of the positive electrode discharge curve to a terminal voltage of a battery discharge curve of the secondary battery is 0.82 Ah to 1.28 Ah.

9 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 , wherein a layer composed of an inorganic alumina particles and a binder is provided on both sides of the separators.

10 . The secondary battery according to claim 1 wherein a portion of the negative electrode is coated with a negative electrode mixture layer and is wider in a width direction than a portion of the positive electrode that is coated with a positive electrode mixture layer.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Mar 13, 2020
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI VEHICLE ENERGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052165/0773 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 13, 2020
From: HITACHI VEHICLE ENERGY, LTD.
To: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC.
Reel/Frame 052165/0848 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: SASAKI, HIRONORI; ARIGA, TOSHIYUKI; MIKI, TAKESHI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 048687/0057 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-254649 · Dec 28, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190267624A1 · Aug 29, 2019
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